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616 MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MlMOSEiE. [Jnya. 



setifer; foliola 2-juga, ovata, coriacea, majora ad 10 poll, longa, iitrinque pilosula. 

 Spicse densse, longiuscule pedunculatse. Calyx pilosulus, 3J lin. longus. Corolla sericeo- 

 villosa, 6-7 lin. Legumen subsemipedale, l-lj poll, latum, nitens, appresse pilosum r. 

 glabratum. — Benth. in FL Bras. Mini. 



LplatycarpUy Benth. ! in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 142. 

 /. macrophyllay Hook. ! Bot. Mag. t. 5075^ non Humb. et Bonpl. 

 ■ /. affinis, Steud. ! ia riora^ 1843, 758. 

 /. versicolor, Spruce ! PI. Exs. 



Hah. Tropical America : Nortli Brazil, Surinam, Cayenne, British Guiana, Trinidad, 

 Crueger. 



68. I. PiLOSiuscrLA, Desv. ! Journ. Bot. 1814, i. 71. Pilosula v. subglabra. Petiolus 

 late alatus ; foliola 2-juga, rarius 3-juga, ovata v. ovali-oblonga, tenuiter coriacea, nitida, 

 majora 4-6-pollicaria, adulta glabra. Spicse densae, longe pedunculatse. Calyx pilo- 

 sulus 3-4 lin., corolla sericeo-villosa, 6-7 lin. longa. Legumen ignotum. — Benth. in Fl. 

 Bras. Mini. 



Mimosa pilosula J Rich. ! in Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. 1792, 113. 

 Mimosa lucida, Vahl ! Eel. iii. 31, t. 24. 



Sab. Tropical America : North Brazil, Cayenne. 



69. I. NITIDA, TFilld. ! Spec. iv. 1013. Glabra v. parce pilosula. Petiolus late nunc 

 breviter alatus ; foliola 2-juga, ovato-bblonga, tenuiter coriacea, nitida, majora 4-6-polli 

 caria, glabra. Spicse densse, longiuscule pedunculatse. Calyx parce pilosulus, 2-2 

 lin., corolla sericeo-villosa, 4-5 lin. longa. Legumen iojnotum. — Benth, in Fi. Brai 



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Mimosa nitida, Poir. Diet. Suppl. i. 41. 

 I Inga quassuefolia , Willd. ! Spec. iv. 1013. 

 Mimosa qtiassiafolia, Poir. 1. c. 



Hab, Tropical America : North Brazil 



This differs from the preceding chiefly in the smaller flowers. "VTilldenow's specimen of/, guassicefolia 

 lias peduncles about 1 in. long, and of /. nitida nearly 3 in. ; but they appear to me to be otherwise the 



same ; and some of Burcliell 



70. I. STENOPTERA, Benth. ! in SooJc. Journ. Bot. ii. 143. ; Bond. Journ. iv. 599. Pilo 

 sula.^ Petiolus anguste alatus v. hinc inde subnudus ; foliola bijuga, ovali-oblonga 

 tenuiter coriacea, nitida, majora 5-6-pollicaria, demum glabrata. Splc^ breves, Ion 

 pedunculatae. Calyx pubescens, 3 lin., corolla sericeo-villosa 6-7 lin. Ion 



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notum. — Fl. Bras. Mim 



ga. Leg 



Mab. Tropical America : North Brazil ; Eastern Peru, near Tarapoto, Sp 



Var. PEDUNcuLARis. Foliola majora 10-poUicaria. Petiolus subnudus. 

 /. pedtmcutaris, Benth. ! in Hook. Lond. Journ. iv. 599. 



Hab. North Brazil. 



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CHARTACEA, Bcpp. et EndL ! Nov. Gen. et Sp. iv. 79. Junior ferru^lneo- 

 hirta mox glabrata Petiolus alatus; foliola 3-juga, ovali- v. obovaU-elliptica, !acu- 

 mmata tenma, ngidula, nitida, subsemipedalia, nervis subtus valde prominentibus. 

 Spic«. densae, subgloW, pedunculis fasciculatis. Calyx pilosulus, ^ lin., coSlla 

 senceo-villosa, 2i Im. longa. Le-umen ignotum 



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